"Housework Textbook" - Kajikyoukasho

...From the end of the Meiji period to the beginning of the Taisho period, a rational and clean lifestyle was actively proposed, such as "For the convenience of washing, a white sheet should be placed over the futon" (New Housework Textbook, 1912, etc.). Furthermore, "The futon should be covered with a white cloth to avoid the trouble of washing, and replaced before it becomes too dirty" (New Housework Textbook, 1918, Housework Textbook, 1925), and sheets were sold as futon covers, as the term is now used, and sheets and quilt covers became popular mainly in cities during World War II. They were all white cotton, but from around the 1940s, colored and patterned sheets began to be made in the United States, and from around the 1960s, works by fashion designers also appeared and spread all over the world. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…明治末から大正初期にかけて〈洗濯の便利のため，敷布団の上に白き敷布を被ふべきものとす〉(1912年刊《新式家事教本》ほか)という，合理的で清潔な生活が盛んに提案された。さらに〈被（か）け蒲団にも，洗濯の手数のかゝらぬやうに白布で被いをして，ひどく汚れぬうちに取換へるやうにする〉(1918年刊《新式家事教本》，1925年刊《家事教科書》)などと，敷布は現在の用語の布団カバーにもなって売り出され，第2次大戦期にかけて，都会を中心に敷布と掛布団おおいは普及していった。それらはすべて白い木綿であったが，1940年代ころからアメリカで色物や柄物のシーツが作られ，60年ころから服飾デザイナーの作品もあらわれ，世界各地に広がっていった。…

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